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goodbyeclarity

got her Master's Degree today!



I'm doing 42 things
  

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  2. 1. learn to play the synth
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  3. 2. look like "myself" again
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  4. 3. be a better wife
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  5. 4. identify 100 things that make my partner happy
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  6. 5. identify 100 things that make me happy.
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  7. 6. Write and record an album
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  8. 7. write sketch comedy
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  9. 8. take a dance class
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  10. 9. do more improv
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  11. 10. organize my room
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  12. 11. finish my wedding scrapbook
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  13. 12. get my Research Published
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  14. 13. Get a tattoo
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  15. 14. appreciate my family more
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  16. 15. Deepen my friendships
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  17. 16. become an advice columnist
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  18. 17. stop picking my skin
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  19. 18. Do standup comedy at a Comedy club
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  20. 19. backpack the lost coast
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  21. 20. Play a Gig
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  22. 21. act on T.V
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  23. 22. Buy a House
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  24. 23. play more guitar
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  25. 24. meditate
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  26. 25. find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
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  27. 26. be a better conversationalist
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  28. 27. write a movie
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  29. 28. Go to Yosemite
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  30. 29. Drive cross country
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  31. 30. Travel outside of the US
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  32. 31. write a nonfiction book
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  33. 32. become a successful investor
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  34. 33. visit all 50 states
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  35. 34. publish a poetry book
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  36. 35. get paid to blog
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  37. 36. direct a film
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  38. 37. enter a film into a film festival
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  39. 38. become multilingual
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  40. 39. master the drums
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  41. 40. Own my own business
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  42. 41. write a comic
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  43. 42. write a cookbook
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How I did it
How to get a teaching job
It took me
4 weeks
It made me
Relieved

How I did it: I worked my butt off in graduate school and I networked like a madman. In the end, my stellar letters of recommendation from my TA and tutoring jobs and informal recommendations I got from two colleagues ended up scoring me a teaching position at a local community college (in the middle of a budget crisis, no less!). I also have been hired by the school that just granted me my MA to teach an upper division class over summer (and hopefully… Read how I did it…

May 28, 07:53PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to get a masters degree
It took me
3 years
It made me
A better person.

How I did it: I can't believe I'm done. Graduate study has become such a huge part of who I am. I went in headfirst and gave it everything I had, even though there were days, weeks, and months, even, when I wanted to drop out so very badly. Read how I did it…

May 28, 07:48PM PDT | 1 comment | 4 cheers


How to finish my thesis
It took me
2 years
It made me
Smarter

How I did it: That's right. I'M FINALLY DONE!!!!!!How'd I do it? I worked. And worked. And worked. And then I worked some more, until I didn't think I could work for another second. A thesis is not for the faint of heart. It's not just a project. It becomes a lifestyle and a journey of self-exploration. Read how I did it…

May 28, 07:34PM PDT | 1 comment | 3 cheers


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Recent entries
look like "myself" again (read all 2 entries…)
Haircut 4 months ago

I got the best haircut I’ve ever had in my life, and I feel so much more “me!” It’s short and messy and a little bit darker, and it makes me wake up in the morning and throw on dark eye makeup and pleather pants, just like I did years ago before I got fat, stopped cutting my hair, lost all the weight, and forgot how cute I can be.

I also really want tattoos now. I feel like they belong on me.

If I could lose just a couple of pounds and be back to my skinny weight, I don’t think I could look better! But hey, I’m not overweight, so I can’t complain.

Jul 02, 03:48PM PDT | 0 comments


organize my room
I started! 8 months ago

So here’s the deal: I moved into my apartment April 1st 2008. It was mid-semester, and hubby and I are busy people. To make a long story short, over the past year we’ve slowly gotten everything together in this house except for the bedroom, which has become just a place for sleeping and storing boxes and other crap that we can’t figure out what to do with.

Today was the first day that I’ve really done any work on it. I took out several bags of trash, made a bag of stuff for goodwill, and unpacked the last of the moving stuff (only 1 year later! I suck).

On my next cleaning days I want to accomplish the following:
- give more stuff to goodwill
- make room in my closet for blankets and pillows
- clear off my headboard
- organize my bookshelf and my instruments
- start hanging things on the walls!

Mar 15, 10:48PM PDT | 0 comments


finish my thesis (read all 8 entries…)
SO CLOSE 8 months ago

My third (and last) reader is giving me his comments on Monday. He’s already told me that they’re line-edits and that there are relatively few—as he put it, I should be able to crank out the changes in a day or so.

After that, I submit to the thesis office. If they have a problem with the format or any egregious grammatical errors, I will have to do revisions. I highly doubt they’ll find anything, but if they do, it should be so minor that it just won’t matter.

PLEASE LET THIS END NOW. I can’t function like a real human anymore and more than anything I want to remember how to do that.

Mar 15, 12:21AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


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